Evaluation Of The Lord Of The Flies

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the use of
Piggy's glasses. After Jack goes off to hunt and comes back, Ralph
discusses the problems of people not working with Jack. Simon goes into the
jungle alone and contemplates. The boys become used to the daily tasks on
the island. The small children play all the time while the older ones do
most of the work. The first flash of Jack's future warrior/hunter position
as leader is shown as he comes back to camp with his face painted. A ship
is spotted, but they find that the signal fire on the mountain has gone out,
and the ship passes them by. Jack finally kills a pig, but Piggy criticizes
him. In return, Jack slaps Piggy and breaks one of the lenses on his
glasses. Ralph warns Jack to stop this destructive behaviour. Jack starts
roasting the pig he had killed earlier. Jack does not initially give Ralph
any food, but he does finally get some. Ralph calls an assembly after the
feast. He verbally attacks all the boys for their neglect for the daily
tasks that must be completed ...

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calm and helps Ralph regroup after Jack leaves. Jack hunts and kills
a pig, and leaves its bloody skull on a pole as sacrifice. This skull is
the symbolic Lord of the Flies in the novel. Jack holds another pig-feast.
Ralph and Piggy at first do not attend but are eventually drawn to it
mostly by hunger, but also in a fleeting attempt to regain some control
over the boys. Almost all of the boys have join Jack's tribe by this point.
Simon has an extremely symbolic hallucinatory experience in the jungle as
he starts to believe that the head is speaking to him as an incarnation of
Satan, the Lord of the Flies. He eventually faints from terror. He
eventually revives himself and attempts to go ...

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